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Truth stands to the left of a lectern, her left arm outstretched at her side as she looks out at an imagined audience.
The monumental bronze figure of Sojourner Truth stands behind a concave wall, on an elevated semi-circular stage. She stands to the left of a lectern, her left arm outstretched at her side as she looks out at an imagined audience. She places her…

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The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland evokes the frame of a slave cabin.
The installation is shaped to evoke the frame of a slave cabin, constructed from alternating horizontal rows of wooden clapboards and mirror-polished, stainless-steel panels. The reflective surfaces mirror the surrounding environment, while the…

Located Montgomery, Alabama, Nkyinkyim includes seven statues of semi-nude and chained slaved Africans.
Located on the grounds of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, Nkyinkyim is a sculptural grouping that is dedicated to the memory of the enslaved Africans who were victims of the transatlantic slave trade. This work…

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Located on the sandy shores of Ouidah, Benin, the monumental concrete red, white, and yellow-painted La Porte du Non Retour, and the metal sculptures that flank it, commemorate the horrors of the Transatlantic slave trade. The memorial gate, which marks the point where African captives were forced onto transatlantic slave ships, is connected by a path, known as the “Slave Route,” to the market square, where enslaved people were once sold.
Located on the sandy shores of Ouidah, Benin, the monumental concrete painted red and yellow and the metal sculptures that flank it, commemorate the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. The memorial gate, which marks the point where African…

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